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CVE-2014-3611
Race condition in the __kvm_migrate_pit_timer function in arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2…
Medium4.7EPSS 0.29%
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- redhat
Description
Race condition in the __kvm_migrate_pit_timer function in arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) by leveraging incorrect PIT emulation.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.29% · top 78% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (12)
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2febc839133280d5a5e8e1179c94ea674489dae2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2491-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2418-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2417-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-3060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1144878 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0869 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2febc839133280d5a5e8e1179c94ea674489dae2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2394-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0284 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20141024 kvm issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0126 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
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